April 26th, 2013 by jpopo | Comments Off on Get ready for UBC Alumni Weekend 2013

In case you missed it, UBC’s Alumni Weekend is happening on Saturday, May 25th. It is a celebratory day at UBC that is chockfull of educational activities, tours and open houses aimed predominantly at UBC alumni but open to all. Some highlights will include a University Fair, a talk by UBC honorary alumnus – Rick Mercer, concerts, scientific and natural displays, interactive workshops, and more. For more details such as how to RSVP, where to park, etc., visit: http://www.alumni.ubc.ca/events/alumniweekend/.

In celebration of this special annual UBC event, take some time to browse and explore the treasure trove of historical and current UBC theses and dissertations found in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository!

In cIRcle, you can find journal articles, conference and workshop papers, theses and dissertations, technical reports and working papers, books, datasets, learning objects, multimedia and audio-visual materials including podcasts, webcasts and more. For example, check out this UBC Press publication by Albert L. Farley, Atlas of British Columbia: people, environment, and resource use available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/21647

April 26th, 2013 by madgett | Comments Off on ScienceDirect eJournal Additions: New Titles Galore!

Several new ejournals have been added to our Elsevier / ScienceDirect collections. They are:

Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology 1996+

AORN Journal 1995+

Healthcare Management Forum 1995+

Journal of Dairy Science 1995+

Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1995+

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology 2003+

Seminars in Nephrology 2003+

Seminars in Oncology 2001+

Solid State Physics 2001+

You can find these in our ejournal Portal (the A-Z list) starting April 27th. After that date, search by journal title HERE . You should find the articles for these journals in our Summon Discovery service next week.

April 25th, 2013 by elena | Comments Off on Vancouver school district’s continuing ed program may be discontinued

“The future is uncertain for the Vancouver school district’s continuing education program, which charges tuition for a range of special-interest courses for adults but has been losing money each year for the last five years.”

April 24th, 2013 by elena | Comments Off on Coquitlam School District cutting 142 jobs

This article in the Vancouver Sun reports that 142 jobs are being cut to make up for a $12.1-million projected operating deficit in School District 43′s 2013/2014 school year. This represents a 6% staff cut amounting to: “cutting 81 teachers, 19 teacher assistants/special education assistants/youth workers along with 32 clerical/custodial/IT and facilities positions and 10 from administration.”

Other changes also being proposed are enlarging class sizes and cutting back on various class activities.